Recent content by mcmillan

I managed to track down the source to a New Yorker article behind a paywall, though this link will give access without a subscription. It's actually a pretty nice article that I feel gives a reasonably balanced description of why they're taking the approach they are and other more reasonable...

Biochemist checking in here. We know from what the company has told us that these absolutely do not have anything close to the full genome of a dire wolf. They only mutated 20 positions out of ~12 million differences. Of those 20 changes, only 15 were even changes to something that matched...

Link to vote is in latest update and doesn’t seem to be restricted to backers https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadowdarkrpg/western-reaches/posts/4347679 Martial options are barbarian, jester, paladin, and a fourth I forgot but can’t open once I voted. Options for caster are alchemist...

There's a separate 3rd party license, described at the FAQ on The Shadowdark RPG Third-Party License

The fact the letter cites the DMCA and CDA really adds to the questionable legal knowledge. As the name suggests the “C” in dmca means it’s related to copyright infringement. Specifically the takedown the letter refers to is the process for requesting websites takedown material that is...

Unknown Armies is an interesting system and setting for playing in the modern world with a twist but I don’t hear too many talk about https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/408/atlas-games/category/37453/unknown-armies-third-edition

There was a cortex he-man game being developed but it was cancelled when Fandom sold rights to the Cortex system to Dire Wolf.

I can’t remember where but I did see a comment from one of the art people in wotc say this is what it was showing.

For what it’s worth the mid journey art was in the original but there’s now a version with all the art replaced by commissioned art

Not too surprised, though a bit disappointed to see a la carte going away from old books without notice. I was literally about to pick up Strixhaven spells since there were a few I just realized I'd like to be able to use but wasn't interested in the rest of the book. If I had been given a "last...

Putting somewhat vague description behind this block since even knowing the relevant rule is a bit of a spoiler

Dragoon

Keeper of Sacred Mysteries

Intuitive stealth

Agreed that this is the best way to present the test. Some excerpts from the introduction to give people idea of what they're trying to do with the game